Definitions For Heterodont

Noun

{{rfi, en}} {{wikispecies, Heterodon}} HETERODONT (plural HETERODONTs) (zoology) A heterodont animal A north american snake of the genus Heterodon

Translations

Irish: heatródóntach, m, heitridhéadach, m Italian: eterodonte, m

Adjective

(zoology) Having teeth of different types (like most mammals) (zoology) Of hinge teeth: having two to three wedge-shaped cardinal teeth set in the center near the umbones, generally also with elongated lateral teeth on the anterior and posterior margins. : The heterodont arrangement is characteristic of the venus clams and cockles.

Related terms

heterodonty

Translations

Irish: heatródóntach, heitridhéadach Italian: eterodonte

Etymology

From {{af, en, hetero-, -odont}}.

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